diff --git a/lib/http.c b/lib/http.c
index f498be23b962adf8fb6f0cdf6d8c7ade7603d01a..1e9693f8afc3d738b51978360e6443290c7a80a3 100644
--- a/lib/http.c
+++ b/lib/http.c
@@ -1279,14 +1279,13 @@ CURLcode Curl_http(struct connectdata *conn)
       case HTTPREQ_PUT:
         request = (char *)"PUT";
         break;
+      default: /* this should never happen */
       case HTTPREQ_GET:
         request = (char *)"GET";
         break;
       case HTTPREQ_HEAD:
         request = (char *)"HEAD";
         break;
-      default: /* this should never happen */
-        break;
       }
     }
   }